Fixing First Row in OO Spreadsheet | Arrange Columns & Maintain Order

[neutrino]

I've made a spreadsheet doc with Open Office. It's basically a list of CD's with artist name, CD title, etc. Is it possible "fix" the first row (title of the columns) in place so that it is not affected when I arrange the rest of the column from a-z or z-a? Also, what should I do make sure that if one column is arranged in a certain way other parts of the row also stick to it? i.e., if I want to arrange by CD title, I would want the artist's name to match the CD title.

 

[HerrÅberg]

I've made a spreadsheet doc with Open Office. It's basically a list of CD's with artist name, CD title, etc. Is it possible "fix" the first row (title of the columns) in place so that it is not affected when I arrange the rest of the column from a-z or z-a? Also, what should I do make sure that if one column is arranged in a certain way other parts of the row also stick to it? i.e., if I want to arrange by CD title, I would want the artist's name to match the CD title.

One way to solve that is to make macros for sorting tables. Just Record one macro for each column.
Example:
If The columntitles are @ the first row...
Start record a macro. Call it Title.
Mark the whole table from A2 to D65000.
Then sort the table.
(1) Column A (a-z)
(2) Column B (a-z)
Click A1, then stop record.
Point a button to it.

Repeat this for each column you want.

 

[Dr Transport]

If you have the columns titled, you can highlight the entire worksheet then hit the sort button, in Excel you are prompted to pick your preference.